Shimoga District Map

Shimoga current Weather

Shimoga Weather Forecast for Next 3 days

Mondaycloudy
20°C to 30°C

Tuesdaychancerain
20°C to 27°C

Wednesdaychancerain
21°C to 27°C

Temples in Shimoga

Lakshmi Narasimha Temple

Narashimadevaru Temple

Seetha ramanajanaya Temple

About Shimoga District

Shimoga District is one among 30 Districts of Karnataka State ,India.
Shimoga District Administrative head quarter is Shivamogga.
It is is Located 285 KM East towards
State capital Bangalore .
Shimoga District population is 1755512.
It is 15 th Largest District in the State by population.

Geography and Climate Shimoga District

It is Located at Latitude-13.9, Longitude-75.5.
Shimoga District is
sharing border with
Chikmagalur District to the South ,
Haveri District to the North ,
Uttar Kannad District to the west
.
Shimoga District occupies an area of approximately 8465 square kilometres.
. Its in the 667 meters to 570 meters elevation range.This District belongs to
Southern India .

Climate of Shimoga District

It is Hot in summer.
Shimoga District summer highest day temperature is in between
31 ° C to 36° C .
Average temperatures of
January is 26 ° C ,
February is 27 ° C ,
March is 28 ° C ,
April is 29 ° C ,
May is 30 ° C
.

DemoGraphics of Shimoga District

Kannada is the Local Language here.
Also People Speaks Urdu .
Shimoga District is divided into 7 Taluks ,
305 Panchayats , 4319 Villages.
Hosanagara Taluk is the Smallest Taluk by population with
115000 population.
Shimoga Taluk is the Biggest Taluk by population with
445192 population.

Major producing Items,Crops,Industries and Exports from Shimoga District

Census 2011 of Shimoga District

Shimoga district Total population is 1755512 according to census 2011.Males are 879956 and Females are
875556 .Literate people are 1161447 among total.Its total area is 8465 km².
It is the 15 th largest district in the state by Population .
But 5 th Largest District in the state By Area.
273 rd Largest District in the Country By Population.
6 th highest District in the State By literacy rate.
159 th highest District in the Country By literacy rate.its literacy Rate is 80.5

Temples in Shimoga District

Shimoga Transport

Road Transport

District Headquarters Shivamogga is well connected by road .
Sagar ,
Shimoga ,
Shikapur
are the Cities in this district having road connectivity to major towns and remote villages.
Shivamogga is about 285 KM
by road to Bangalore( Capital of Karnataka )

Rail Transport

Some of the rail way stations in district are
Bhadravati ,
Shimoga Town ,
Shimoga ,
Masarahalli ,
Anandapuram ,
Sagar Jambagaru ,
Talguppa ,
Adderi
.... which connects most of the towns and villages in the District.

Bus Transport

Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation ( KSRTC) runs Busses from Major cities to Towns and Villages in this District.